Folkestone
in Kent of England, United Kingdom
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Lydd Airport (13 mi) - Kent International Airport (20 mi)
- Rochester Airport (34 mi)
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Calais-Dunkerque Airport (35 mi) - Southend Airport (39 mi)
- Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (44 mi)
- London City Airport (56 mi)
- London Stansted Airport (68 mi)
- Wethersfield Airport (68 mi)
- Abbeville-Buigny-Saint-Maclou Airport (71 mi)
- RAF Mildenhall (93 mi)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (Unesco heritage, 14 mi)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Unesco heritage, 47 mi)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (Unesco heritage, 53 mi)
- Tower of London (Unesco heritage, 56 mi)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Fortifications of Vauban (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 96 mi)
- Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (Unesco heritage, 119 mi)
- Littlestone Warren Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Littlestone Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- London Club Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Canterbury Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Herne Bay Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.082 and 1.167 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 4' 54" and E 1° 10' 2"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 04:47 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:26 am and 3:57 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Folkestone
Folkestone in Kent (England) with it's 66,429 habitants is a town located in United Kingdom about 63 mi (or 102 km) south-east of London, the country's capital town.
Time in Folkestone is now 04:47 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports closer to Folkestone, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Lydd Airport in a distance of 13 mi (or 21 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 km), North. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ashford, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southend-on-Sea, Upper Stoke and Boxley. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 7% |
| Air Humidity | 81% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | High wind, near gale with 27 km/h (17 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
15°C (58 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Overcast clouds, gale.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Moderate rain, high wind, near gale, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Marquis at Alkham
Hythe Imperial Hotel & Spa
The Relish
Wards Hotel
Best Western Plus Burlington
The Carlton Hotel
CLIFTON HOTEL -FOLKESTONE
Grand Burstin
The Lighthouse Inn
Stade Court Hotel
Videos from this area
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Trains at Folkestone Central [HD]
Watching Trains at Folkestone Central 05/06/2013, on the way to St Pancras International.
Eurofighter Typhoon at Folkestone Jubilee Airshow 2012
Edited footage of the Typhoon display from Folkestone Beach.
Eurotunnel Trip
Eurotunnel: UK to France, summer 2014.
LEAS LIFT FOLKESTONE RESTORATION 2010
The Leas Lift Folkestone was built in 1885 and is one of only three remaining Water Balance Lifts operating in the UK, all others converted to electric power. It spans the 19th, 20th and 21st...
Radnor Park Folkestone Friday July 20 2012
Kent Air Ambulance takes off from Radnor Park Folkestone Friday July 20, 2012. http://twitter.com/Kent_999s for what emergency services are doing in Kent, while it's happening!
Otis lifts at debenhams in Folkestone
an Otis gen2 and a otis hydraulic lift at Debenhams in Folkestone. The gen2 lift stops at half floors from the bassment to the first floor. but the otis hydraulic only goes between ground...
Folkestone Model Railway Show 2014
Folkestone's 2014 Show held in Lees Cliff Hall Folkestone, featuring some great layouts. I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)
PILOT TOWER, FOLKESTONE
Here's some aerial footage taken around the Pilots Tower in Folkestone. Built in 1971 and about to be demolished in 2014.
Take Me Home Country Roads - Skabretta - Leas Cliff Hall
Take Me Home Country roads performed by Skabretta at the Leas Cliff Hall during the Folkestone Ska Fest.
Render Cleaning Apartment Folkestone (purple-rhino.co.uk)
http://purple-rhino.co.uk/buildings/apartments Apartment Render Cleaning Services Folkestone Has your Apartment building's render become covered in Green Algae? Render has been sold as...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Shepway
Shepway is a local government district in Kent, England. It includes the towns of Folkestone and Hythe and the Romney Marsh. It covers roughly the same area as the Lathe of Shepway, which contained the hundreds and liberties of Aloesbridge, Bircholt, Folkestone, Ham, Heane, Longport, Loningborough, Lydd, Newchurch, New Romney, Stouting, Street and Worth. Pop. in 1861, 51,826.
Folkestone West railway station
Folkestone West railway station is one of two open railway stations in Folkestone in Kent, England. The station is operated by Southeastern. The ticket office, in a room on the extensive 'up' side buildings on the London-bound platform, is manned only during part of the day; at other times a PERTIS 'permit to travel' machine, located outside the ticket office, suffices. The substantial 'down side' platform building is occupied as offices by Network Rail.
Folkestone Central railway station
Folkestone Central railway station is one of three railway stations in Folkestone, Kent, England. It is the more central of the two main stations in the town. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern.
South Kent College
South Kent College (SKC) was a college of further and higher education in southeast England. The main campus was in Folkestone, with satellites in Dover and at several sites in Ashford. Following a KPMG report in 2006 that recommended a merger, in April 2010 Icey Dan joined West Kent College to form South & West Kent College which trades as K College.
Folkestone Castle
Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone, Kent. This was Norman castle on a natural mound which was in existence in the late 11th and 12th centuries. It was excavated in 1878 by Augustus Pitt Rivers and this has been claimed to be the first excavation of a medieval site in Britain using scientific methods.
Sandgate Primary School
Sandgate Primary School is located between the Folkestone School for Girls and Eversley College in Sandgate, Kent. The old school building is located in the village on Sandgate Road and as of March 2011 is up for sale. The modern building lies on Coolinge Lane and has extensive recreational grounds. In 2007 they received an Outstanding report with SATs scores above average in KS1 & KS2 OFSTED report
Spade House
Spade House was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. It is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone in southeast England.
Cheriton Road
Cheriton Road is a football stadium in Folkestone, Kent, England, which serves as the home ground of Folkestone Invicta. Full capacity is around 6,500. In the past the ground has also been used for cricket, hosting a number of Kent's first-class matches up until the mid-1990s.
Sandgate Hill Ground
Sandgate Hill Ground was a cricket ground in Sandgate, Kent. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1862, when Kent played Sussex in the grounds first first-class match. The following year the ground held its second and final first-class match in a repeat of the previous seasons fixture. The final recorded match on the ground came in July 1870 when Folkstone played a United South of England Eleven.
Academy FM (Folkestone)
105.9 Academy FM is a community radio station serving the town of Folkestone in Kent, which launched on 31 March 2011. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day on 105.9 FM. Because Folkestone has an existing commercial station, Academy FM has not been permitted to take on-air advertising or sponsorship. The station will be funded entirely by charitable contributions. 107.8 Academy FM Thanet is its sister station in East Kent.
Leas Lift
Originally installed in 1885, in Folkestone, Kent, the Grade II Listed Leas Lift is a funicular railway which carries passengers between the seafront and the promenade. It is one of the oldest water lifts in the UK. The lift operates using water and gravity and is controlled from a small cabin at the top of the cliff. It has carried more than 50 million people since it opened, in a process that is especially energy efficient.
Rotunda Amusement Park
The Rotunda Amusement Park was a fairground located in Folkestone, Kent, England. Following its sale in 2003 the fair began to be dismantled and was finally cleared in 2007.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Folkestone.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Folkestone, فولكستون, فوکستون, Фолкстон, Фокстон, 福克斯通
